Jacqui Eli Safra (c1940). Jacqui Eli Safra is an investor from Geneva. He is a descendant of the Syrian Lebanese-Swiss Jewish Safra banking family. Jacqui Eli Safra is the son of Elie Safra and Yvette Dabbah and the nephew of Edmond Safra. He is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and worked in various positions at the Republic National Bank of New York. Some of Safra's investments include Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., Spring Mountain Vineyard, Parknasilla Hotel and neighbouring Garinish Island. Under the name J.E. Beaucaire, Safra appeared in minor roles in three movies and financed eight Woody Allen films through a production company, Sweetland Films, run with his long-time girlfriend Jean Doumanian, a former close friend of Allen.